tracks musicians credits related releases

Fritz the Cat/Heavy Traffic Soundtrack

Various Artists

Initial release : 1996

Fantasy 24745

Two LP on one CD release of the soundtrack albums from Fritz The Cat and Heavy Traffic. Merl Saunders played on both releases.

Buy from amazon.com

album cover

Tracks

  • Black Talk (Charles Earland)
  • Duke's Theme (Ray Shanklin)
  • Fritz The Cat (Crumb-Bogas)
  • Mamblues (Cal Tjader)
  • Bo Diddley (Ellas McDaniel)
  • Bertha's Theme (Shanklin)
  • Winston (Ed Bogas)
  • House Rock (Bogas-Day)
  • The Synagogue (Trad, arr Bogas)
  • Yesterdays (Harbach-Kern)
  • Love Light Of Mine (Betty Watson)
  • The Riot (Bogas-Saunders)
  • You're The Only Girl (I ever Really Loved) (Krantz-Bogas-Shanklin)
  • Scarborough Fair (arr Simon and Garfunkel)
  • Scarborough Street Fair (arr Bogas)
  • Twist And Shout (Russell / Medley)
  • Angie's Theme (Bogas)
  • Take Five (Desmond)
  • Carol's Theme (Shanklin)
  • Heavy Traffic (Shanklin)
  • What You Sow (Bogus)
  • Maybellene (Berry)
  • Michael's Scarborough Fair (arr Bogas)
  • Ballroom Beauties (Bogas)
  • Ballroom Dancers (Shanklin)
  • Cartoon Time (Bogas)
  • Ten-Cent Philosophy (Bogas / Shanklin)
Musicians

Merl Saunders plays on five tracks.

Bertha's Theme;

  • Merl Saunders - organ
  • Arthur Adams - guitar
  • Chuck Rainey - bass
  • Bernard Purdle - drums
  • Kenneth Nash - percussion
Winston;
  • Merl Saunders - electric piano
  • Ray Shanklin - piano
  • Ed Bogas - piano
  • Mel Martin - tenor saxophone
  • Chuck Day - guitar
  • Mel Graves - bass
  • Lee Charlton - drums
  • The Innocent Bystanders - vocals
Scarborough Street Fair includes;
  • Merl Saunders - keyboards
Carol's Theme includes;
  • Merl Saunders - electric piano
What You Sow includes;
  • Merl Saunders - organ
Although he has a writing credit for The Riot, Merl Saunders isn't listed as playing on that track. But there is definitely an organ part, so the information provided may be incorrect. The musicians listed for The Riot are;
  • Cornell Dupree - guitar
  • Chuck Rainey - bass
  • Bernard Purdle - drums
  • Bobbie Porter - percussion
Other musicians on the Fritz The Cat soundtrack include;
  • Alice Stuart
  • Bo Diddley
  • Billie Holiday
  • The Watson Sisters
  • Jim Post
  • Melvin Sparks
  • Charles Earland
  • Idris Muhammad
Other musicians featured on the Heavy Traffic soundtrack include;
  • Dave Brubeck
  • Chuck Berry
  • The Isley Brothers
  • Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66
Credits

For the original recording of Fritz The Cat;

  • Producer - Edward Bogas, Ray Shanklin
  • Recording and remix engineer - Jim Stern (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley)
  • Recorded between November 1971 and January 1972
For the original recording of Heavy Traffic;
  • Producer - Edward Bogas, Ray Shanklin
  • Engineers - John Neil, Brian Gardner and Eddie Harris
  • Recorded May 1973
For the compilation;
  • Remastering - Joe Tarantino
  • Art Direction - Phil Carroll
Related releases

The two original releases that comprise this two on one release were;


Home